I Hack My Senseo
It saves me money. (I no longer go to Starbucks. I actually prefer my Senseo coffee because it has that nice crema, like a well pulled espresso shot. And as an ex barista and coffee snob, I know what well pulled is, ok?)
I love it because it's not wasteful. I drink one cup in the morning. My Senseo brews one cup.
And the neat little pod is great for my compost pile!
But.
The pods are kind pricey. And they don't come in organic Fair Trade varieties (oh by the way, you know that black writing on Chris Martin's hand that looks like a tattoo? It's not. He writes Fair Trade slogans on his hand before he does a show.)
So I began searching for info on making your own Senseo pods. Some instructions are very detailed and involve tea bags and irons. Others are quite simple.
Putting my fears of major catastrophic SenseoXplosion that I had read about online aside, I felt confident in my hacking abilities, so I gave it a shot.
Success! I am now drinking a cup of decaf Starbucks House Blend, brewed in my Senseo. :)
Here's how I did it.
- Grabbed an unbleached, small size flat bottomed coffee filter. (Not cone shaped, and not bleached and not the large size, 'k?)
- Laid it on top of the one cup pod holder.
- Put a heaping tablespoon of ground coffee in it.
- Trimmed the filter's edges a bit with scissors.
- Folded edges over to create a nice little pod.
- Placed it in the Senseo, smooth side down.
- Hit the brew button
- Poured in organic raw milk and drank my coffee. Success!
Have you ever tried hacking your Senseo?
Labels: chris martin, coldplay, senseo
posted by Carrie Lauth at 3:53 PM
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4 Comments:
Yep, but only if I just happen to run out of pods and can't get to the store. I like the convenience of pop and go.
Thanks for the tip Carrie. My Senseo has been sitting in my cabinet because I just didn't like the current flavors of pods that they offer.
I'm going to try that with my favorite coffee blend. I usually only drink 1 cup a day, so if I can use your method of making my own pods, it would be awesome!
Sometimes I sincerely wonder if I'm on the same planet as everyone else.
I have never even heard of a Senseo!
I drink half caff instant.
I find that more than equal to 1 cup per day tops makes me extremely irritable with the kids and prone to pms (and divorce and bad hair days).
I didn't even realize it (I thought I was just born that way) until I quit drinking it for a year and slowly went back.
The difference was like night and day.
I tried the plastic re-usable ones from Harriet Carter (silly catalog filled with a lot of silly things) but I had to brew 2 separate times to make one good cup of coffee because only one would fit at a time and it started to get tiring to do it that way. I went back to a regular coffee maker and now I use my Senseo for my Green Tea Pods I got at Big Lots for real cheap:) It's a big joke around here how many times I switch coffeemakers.
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